LET THE INSTALLATION BEGIN

Last Monday the Sap Evaporator was finally delivered from Leader. I went through Anderson’s Maple Syrup for my order and advice. I purchased the American model because that one fit the amount of taps that I hope to eventually get to.

So far we have only done a fit check and dry assemble. Now we have to rent a wet saw to cut about a dozen fire bricks for the tunnel. Once that is completed the drop flue pan and the syrup pan can be put in place and a simulated sap cook will begin with water.

We have around 150 taps at this point. Last year we finished around 8 gallons. We hope to be up to near 300 this year. I just mounted a transfer pump on the Kubota RTV to help rid us of many of the 5 gallon buckets. I put a 65 gallon tank in the RTV and now just drop a pump line into the smaller 35 gal tanks that we have around the farm then finally into the 200 gal tank inside the Sugar shack.

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Sonny and Linda

We are on an adventure learning the ropes of starting a small farm, being self-sufficient and living in a 100 percent off-the-grid solar powered home. We'll share the ups and downs of raising chickens, pigs, growing a garden, and life in general, all with a twist of humor thrown in for good measure.